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the spec labels were just tacked (sewn) at the corners of the label, and sewn to the fur(shearling). Thus, the reason you rarely see original spec labels on Irvins. Never through the hides.
John [good wear] has a monarch a-2 listed on eb. I think that I saw this one for sale at one of the mil sites or eb a few months ago. by john's measurements, it looks to be a reasonable size 40. also, it will need a little work to make it a wearer.
ive got one of the alfa "repros", and its an ideal easy wearing winter jacket. having had a couple from the 50s and 60s I noticed that the repros have fake fur and are slightly longer in the body. I like both of those aspects, as I don't have to worry about fur loss or odor, and the jacket...
a few years ago I landed an elc house a-2 in seal goat skin. my intent was to see if it could be remade into a cable raincoats 10008-p a-2. I floated the idea with Steve, and he wrote that it could be done. I sourced new knits,, liner material, a proper nomenclature label, and zipper...
also, dany, I would not put too much stock in the cable raincoats labels, as from my experience, in wwll cable used goat, moo, and hh in all three contracts...almost interchangeably. 10008-p in goat as specified, but some were made of hh or cow. no name cables in any of the the above, ditto the...
